April 27, 2020
A. A. Brill
1 citation
This paper explores Aryeh Kaplan’s approach to Kabbalah, specifically the topics of mystical consciousness, meditation, God, and prophecy as presented in his Sefer Yetzirah commentary. For him, Kabbalah was operational as a path of higher consciousness; therefore, he gives scant attention to theosophic Kabbalah. Kaplan’s approach was to recreate a Kabbalah of consciousness with what he calls...
Chantiers de la Création
April 23, 2020
Alexandre Melay
au Japon est indissociable des notions de « performance » et de « corporalité ». À l’origine, les conceptions plastiques japonaises s’enracinent dans une approche non spatiale, mais temporelle de l’art. Le corps et l’acte lui-même sont considérés comme partie intégrante de la réalisation. Les sensations codifiées de la résonance ( ki-in ) ou la projection de l’énergie ( ki-ai ) fondées sur une...
Psychological Reports
April 1, 2020
Chieko Fujisaki
AEON-HO (Altering emotional organization-holistic operation) contains methods of Naikan therapy and mindfulness. Naikan and mindfulness are originally from Buddhism tradition, and they have a high affinity. AEON-HO was conceptualized to improve attachment issues and the growth of self-actualization, because Naikan and mindfulness are known to be effective for attachment issues but partially if...
March 30, 2020
Se-La Lim, Heejun Lee, Jongdu Kim
The purpose of this study is to understand The Relationship between Meditation Experience Motivation and Perception of Health State on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality in Chakra Meditation Experienced People. This study explored correlation of People of N temple Zen center’s for chakra meditation experience motivation, and mental health to confirm mediation model and path of physical and...
March 11, 2020
Paulo Henrique Curi Dias
This research aims at understanding the dynamic interface between psychoanalytical clinical practice and studies within the field of mysticism, through the perspective that these areas of human knowledge offer a vast potential of mutual contributions and corrections.In such regard, the research intends to approach both the ways in which mystical studies broaden the ethical and ontological...
The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology
February 25, 2020
Michael Barnes
This chapter asks what the Church has to learn from, and what it can offer to, the contemplative turn in contemporary culture. It begins with one particular aspect of this phenomenon, namely the interreligious spirituality of persons who find themselves caught up ‘between’ the wisdom of established traditions and their pursuit of an authentic personal practice. Thomas Merton and Swami...
Mindfulness
February 21, 2020
Marieke K. van Vugt, Joshua Pollock, Bryce Johnson et al.
24 citations
Abstract Objectives Although mindfulness meditation is the familiar and researched form of mental training derived from Buddhism, it represents but one form of practice. Monastic debate is an interactive and dyadic analytical meditation practice that originates from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition where monastics seek to jointly deepen their understanding of complicated philosophical issues. To...
Religious Studies Review
February 20, 2020
The Theosophical Society (est. 1875 in New York by H. P. Blavatsky, H. S. Olcott, and others) is increasingly becoming recognized for its influential role in shaping the alternative new religious and cultural landscape of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and perhaps especially for being an early promoter of interest in Eastern religions and philosophies. Many scholars now point to...
World Journal of Yoga Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
February 13, 2020
Ani Kalayjian
1 citation
“Meditation” in its modern sense refers to the yogic meditation that originated in India. In the late 19th century, theosophists adopted the word “meditation” to refer to various spiritual practices drawn from Eastern religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Thus, the English word meditation does not exclusively translate into any single term or concept.
Handbook of Leaving Religion
February 11, 2020
Masoumeh Rahmani
This chapter explores the disaffiliation narratives of former members of one of the most successful international Buddhist organisations – S.N. Goenka’s (1924–2013) Vipassana meditation movement. To date, Goenka’s network is the largest donor-funded Vipassana organisation with over 170 official, and over 130 non-official centers worldwide. These centers offer courses of varying durations (3–60...